The International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) Project of the Year Award honors project teams for their successful completion of an HR information management project. The team may include both internal and external contributors and projects may range from a single, narrowly focused activity to a large, multipart initiative, so long as the results can be clearly linked to the goals of HR and the organization.
One of the 2015 Project of the Year Award winners is U.S. Coast Guard, Commandant (CG-631), Direct Access Project Team, H.R. Systems Management Division.
The team successfully completed their journey to implement a Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) software product for the Coast Guard Military Enterprise HR and Payroll system, Direct Access. This system services all of USCG's Military personnel - from recruiting through retirement. The system enables Coast Guard to manage all Coast Guard Military personnel in a single Enterprise HR and Payroll system. The implementation of Direct Access is unparalleled with any other military service, and may eventually serve as the model for a military HR and Payroll solution across the Federal government. SRA International provided systems integration support as the Systems Development Agent/Systems Support Agent through a government contract.
See Bravo Zulu: IHRIM Project of the Year - Direct Access for more on this story.